I think the most exciting thing is that our institutions appear to be holding up. I was very inspired by what happened with Lula in Brazil and what it looks like is going to be a peaceful transfer power. An election denial appears to be a losing campaign tactic. We're not a winning one.
Kara and Scott dissect what the FTX meltdown means for cryptocurrency, Meta's layoffs, and how the midterms might impact big tech. Friend of Pivot Jonathan Haidt stops by to talk about the impacts of social media on teens and society. And hours after our regular taping, we dragged Scott out of a fancy London bar to record an updated reaction to the latest Twitter news: Elon Musk was warning of a possible Twitter bankruptcy, while top executives were jumping ship.
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